03-11-2005, 06:27 AM
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March 11th
1847 ~ Death of Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), Pioneer & Agronomist.
1864 ~ The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England killed more than 250 people.
1903 ~ Birthday of Lawrence Welk, Champagne musicmaker.
1942 ~ World War II: General Douglas MacArthur abandoned Corregidor.
1952 ~ Birthday of Douglas Adams, science fiction/comedy novelist.
1955 ~ Death of Alexander Fleming, Biologist.
1968 ~ Death of John Wyndham, Author.
1978 ~ Nine Palestinian Al Fatah guerillas hijacked a bus in Israel, killing 34 civilians and wounding 70 before being killed by security forces. The Israelis retaliated by invading southern Lebanon three days later, under codename Operation Litani.
1996 ~ John Howard became the twenty-fifth Prime Minister of Australia.
2004 ~ Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid killed 191 people.
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